More and more scientific experiments prove that physical exercise can reduce the dangers of some illnesses in middle-aged persons．Exercise strengthens the heart muscle，reduces blood pressure and help to prevent muscles from changing into fat．Physical exercise is just as important for children．
Exercise and food affect growing speed in young lab animals．Baby mice start running as soon as they are big enough to use an exercise wheel in their cage．If they get extra food and run a lot，they will grow as much as 1.5 times bigger than normal．
The same differences in growing speed might be found between active and inactive children．Physical exercise helps active children grow faster than inactive children．One experiment shows that the brains of the mice that had enough exercise weighed about 3％more than those of the mice that did not exercise The mice that exercised are much quicker to learn doing new exercise than the mice that did not exercise．
The results of the experiments suppose the theory that exercise can help babies learn to talk and walk sooner than expected．
The good effects of physical exercise are not limited to children and middle-aged people．Exercise continues to be an important part of our lives after we grow old．For example，people over 50 years old begin to lose calcium(钙) from their bones，which get weaker and can break easily．Physical exercise，however，helps to strengthen the bones and to prevent them from losing calcium．Of course，old people can take medicines to prevent themselves from suffering from losing calcium．But the medicines they take increase the chance of developing some kind of cancer(癌)．So physical exercise is a much safer treatment(治疗)．
【小题1】From the passage we know that .A．mice need to eat more and exercise moreB．children need more exercise than other peopleC．old people like to take medicine to treat their illnessesD．middle-aged people are easy to get fat【小题2】Active children than inactive children．A．enjoy walking moreB．are cleverer and healthierC．are stronger but more foolishD．are cleverer but weaker【小题3】Why are the bones of old people easy to break according to the passage?A．Because they are easy to bee ill．B．Because they eat less than other people．C．Because they have less exercise than other people．D．there is less calcium in their bones than in those of other people．【小题4】The passage tells people that .A．only middle-aged persons can benefit from physical exerciseB．physical exercise can do good to both the middle-aged and childrenC．people of different ages can all benefit from physical exerciseD．physical exercise is the safest treatment for losing calciumD
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(答案→)D
解析：
【小题1】从第一段前两句可知，体育锻炼可减少中年人得某些疾病的可能性，因为运动可加强心肌功能，防止肌肉转化为脂肪，有助于减肥。
【小题1】通过试验表明，参加活动要比不参加活动生长快，身体健康。
【小题1】根据课文最后一段第三句可知，老年人容易骨折是因为他们比其他人缺钙。
【小题1】通读全文可知，身体锻炼适合任何年龄段，儿童、中年、老年无一例外。